Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Services

Expert Medical Staff to Address Your Individual Needs

At Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, our expert team of specially trained physicians and support staff are available to address your problem wounds. They understand that many factors may delay or prevent the healing of your wounds. With this in mind, the wound care team performs a complete history and physical exam which allows them to develop an individualized treatment plan unique to each patient's needs.

Your treatment plan may include some or a combination of the following:

Our medical director is available 5 days a week for flexible scheduling and quicker appointments

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: An Additional Therapy for Healing

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment is an important therapy offered at our center. Patients who are approved by their insurance for hyperbaric treatments breathe 100% oxygen for a prescribed amount of time. The purpose of hyperbaric oxygen treatment is to increase the amount of oxygen in all body tissues so healing can take place.

Diabetic foot ulcers

Osteomyelitis

Radiation necrosis

Compromised grafts and flaps

Gangrene

How Does Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Work?

During hyperbaric oxygen therapy, you are placed in a pressurized chamber where you breathe 100% oxygen. This increases the presence of oxygen that can be delivered to the wound and thus aids in healing and growth of new tissue. Depending upon the reason for your referral to hyperbaric medicine, the therapy will be used based on your specific needs which may provide one or more of the following benefits:

Advanced wound healing

Increased oxygen delivery to the injured tissue

Greater blood vessel formation

Improved infection control

Preservation of damaged tissues

Your planned treatment course will be discussed with you in detail prior to starting therapy.

Case Study -- View photos of a wound care case study. WARNING: These images are taken from an actual patient and may be too graphic for some persons.